friend, foe, family, and respect.

At times, family can actually be more of a foe than a friend and a friend more family than a foe. I say this after a small ordeal with my father. After he questioned, "Why are you more respectful to your friends than you are me?!", his blank expression acquired from my response ended the discussion. "My friends treat me with much respect that sometimes I feel praised by them! I don't feel praise from you but rather I have to praise you!".

The Great Gatsby understanding so far

   The Great Gatsby introduces characters which are questionable in there motives and actions. We are guided through the setting by our narrator, Nick Carraway, only to discover how normal Nick is among the residents of West Egg on Long Island. We meet Tom and Daisy, two characters as questionable as they are destructive, as they play a main role in showing Nick what Long Island is about. Gatsby also does a really good job of doing this as he has many connections and plug.
   Going back to Toms destructiveness, we get a clear example of this behavior when he breaks Myrtles' nose with an open hand. Daisy is destructive in a more passive way. By this I mean that she will drink at the start of the day and continue to drink through out the day not realizing the effects of her selfish decisions.